"Teknofreaker"....I rest my case!
(And mean that in the most appreciative, admiring and complementary
way possible to all those who are smart with gadgets! :0)
Trisha
"Lightning" aka Yavapai Co. Jeep Posse Searchers
Still using my Garmin 12 and paper topo maps, with great success.....
(((And welcome, Bill. I am just teasing with the above post)))
On Fri, 14 June 2002, Jim Scotti wrote
>
> Welcome aboard Bill! Sounds like you're in an area that doesn't
have too
> many geocaches yet down in Willcox. I've put two down in that
general area,
> both are on land that is still open despite the fire closures.
Perhaps we'll
> soon have more reasons for getting out into the Willcox area for
geocaching!
>
> I have a Garmin Legend and am very happy with it. It's got mapping
> capability though the screen is a little small. It runs about $250
if you
> find it at your local WalMart and closer to $200 if you can
mailorder it.
> I've been contemplating getting a 2nd unit for backup, namely one of
those
> under $100 units. Magellan has a number of nice units these days
too. The
> 330 was at the top of my list until I found the Legend when I bought
it last
> summer. They have a new unit that is apparently essentially the 330
> repackaged that looks nice. They have an inexpensive version and
one that is
> around $250 that has an impressive amount of memory (at least as GPS
units in
> it's class go...). I think it is called the SportTrak Pro. Not
sure which
> unit I would buy today if I was making a fresh decision. I liked
the Garmin
> partly because of the excellent support and first rate features, but
also
> because it had about the highest resolution screen despite it being
a bit
> small. The extra memory would be usefull, but they still tend to
limit
> waypoints to about 500 despite the extra memory. I can fit quite a
lot of
> the local area in my Legend's 8M of memory. I think I've got most
of the
> Tucson area in both Roads & Rec and Topo and I think I'm using only
about
> 4.5M of it.
>
> For the most amount of information on GPS units, check out Joe
Mehaffey's
> website for reviews of the latest units and also lots of other GPS
goodies
> at: http://joe.mehaffey.com/
>
> Jim.
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Bill wrote:
>
> > Well, I am new to the list and new to the whole geocaching thing.
Any
> > recomendations on a GPS to get started? I live in the country,
and could
> > plant some caches on land not closed for the fire season. Are
most of
> > them in remote areas, or are some more accessable sites
appreciated?
> >
> >
> > Bill in the Willcox area
>
> Jim Scotti
> Lunar & Planetary Laboratory jscotti@pirl.lpl.arizona.edu
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
>
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